Are You On Permanent Medication

[Canary42]

Having recently joined the permanent medication brigade (in my case blood-thinning Clopidogrel and cholesterol-reducing Atorvastatin) and slowly coming to terms with the repeat-prescription process, I began to wonder how many other Abers are under a similar life-sentence.

[rockyracoon]

I’m on Desmopressin. It’s a blinking nightmare. It takes 3 trips to the chemist to get it. One to ask if the received my prescription from the surgery. They say yes, then say they have to order it. Two, A couple of days later you go to pick it up and it’s not ready. Three, finally collect the meds. My doc will only issue 56 days at a time, so I’m doing this every 8 weeks. I can’t go to the main chemist, Lloyds, as they say their wholesaler can’t get the medication.

It’s a headache, for sure.

[Canary42]

/// I'm 69 and can honestly say I can't remember ever taking any medication prescribed by a doctor.///

At 79 I was still very close to that situation myself, it was turning 80 wot dunnit!

[Captain2]

Thanks for that Canary - something to look forward to then - not. :((

[jno]

good luck, Buenchico. Ironically, I wasn't prescribed it for heartburn in the first place, a problem I seldom had, but for choking on food. It did cure this.

[barry1010]

Yes, it is not a problem for us. Order online once a month, delivered by my chemist. Decant into 7 day dispensers and just get on with it. Not even a minor inconvenience.

[barry1010]

By the way, I order online using patientaccess.com. Request goes to GP, GP sends prescription to my chemist, chemist delivers next working day. Excellent service

[DTCwordfan]

Just a low dosage of Rampiril, the min, for blood pressure and Purinol for gout - though I am on a research programme which involves quarterly blood to see if there is any impact on my liver and kidneys, following a huge hike in triglycerides etc having picked up something in somalian water many years ago, my levels now back in order but having taken the better part of 20 years to rebalance.

[Bobbisox1]

Canary but I’ll get it right down , just watch me roll ;)

[Old_Geezer]

Yes. Unless I opt to risk the high BP again.

[tiggerblue10]

I was on Omeprazole for a few months due to dull stomach pains. I reckon I have an ulcer which flares every now and again.

I've had blood tests done recently and all have a high white cell count which my GP seems to be concerned about. Going for another blood test on Thursday.

[wolf63]

Tigger. Do you have family history of Thalassemia?

[Buenchico]

>>> Thalassaemia ???

Isn't that in Crete?

;-)

[tiggerblue10]

My family don't but my aunts (uncles wife) family are carriers.

[wolf63]

Tiggs
At least you have no close relatives with it.

Chris, I told our favourite heilin' coo to be have today already, have you two bei g naughty boys today?

:-)

[Buenchico]

Away w'yoer, oor Susan! Yer bum's oot the windae ;-)

[Canary42]

Sorry Captain, I didn't mean it was inevitable.

[Ken4155]

Atorvastatin, Ramipril and Bisoprolol

Was on 4 x Metformin per day (then 3, 2 and 1) for the Diabetes but managed to reverse it, then manage with diet and exercise once i no longer needed the tabs.

[Hopkirk]

Amlodipine for blood pressure

[Arksided]

Asthma inhalers

[Patsy33]

Bisoprolol for tachycardia, Venlafaxine for anxiety & depression,
Lansoprazole for silent acid reflux, ironically, caused by antidepressants..